HC Deb 29 January 1953 vol 510 cc146-7W
Mr. Lewis

asked the Minister of Works the number of staff employed in the Palace of Westminster that come within the control of his Department; how many of these have not had a wage or salary increase since 1946; how many were, in 1946, receiving £1,000 per annum: what rate of pay this latter category received at the latest convenient stated date; and what average percentage increase in salary has been made to those employees who have received wage and salary increases.

Mr. Molson

315 staff employed in the Palace of Westminster come within the control of my Department. All of these have had wage or salary increases since 1946. None of them was receiving £1,000 per annum in 1946. The average percentage increase in wages or salary made to these staff is 34 per cent.